Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Pattenwas an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the ABC television comedy-drama Eight Is Enough...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth9 December 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
based food marketing pet principles scientific sound truth
We wanted a pet food based on sound scientific principles and truth, not marketing hype.
honest reaction
The only honest reaction and true loyalty that we get is from our animals.
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If I was good each week, my father would take me to a different pet store each Saturday. I had a snake, horny toads, turtles, lizards, rabbits, guinea pigs... I kept my alligator in the bathtub until it got too big.
arm diabetic falls hand left leg
I got what they called a diabetic stroke. Here's what it is, my left hand and my left leg. You know when your leg falls asleep? It's like that constantly. It's not painful, but it's so annoying. My leg is all tingly and my arm is all tingly.
family home man ok second tom
Tom Bradford is a lot like the real me. He's a man who always put his career second to his family. As long as everything was OK at home, he was OK, too.
catch food roof though until waited worked
We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually.
few hundred pick
I've hit the Pick 6 for a hundred thousand a couple of times. A few more for 60, 70 thousand.
great life traveled worked
I've had a great life. It was exciting. I worked with the most interesting people, and I traveled all over the country.
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It used to be said all horse players die broke - you can't beat the races. But today, with the Pick 6's and Superfectas, you can. Not that the odds aren't against you, but a good hit, and it's hard to blow that back.
awful hungry
To be hungry must be awful.
snakes people rats
People don't like to feed live mice and rats to their snakes. Now we have a regular meat food that they will eat. Ninety percent of the snakes will eat this food and love it.
play broadway three
I was in 27 Broadway plays, and three of them got the Pulitzer Prize.
children actors radio
I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.
years radio shows
From the time I was 8 years old I was on almost every radio show there was.